Chords for I Want To Know What Love Is (Acoustic)

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You know when you when you think about you go back and think about where you were what time of day it was was it?
Three in the morning or four in the afternoon
you know you get a you get a lot of
memories that come back, but I
remember I wrote it for my then girlfriend.
I was living in London for a while and and
I wrote the you know the title and just a few beginning chords and I ran into the bedroom and
woke her up and so I've just got I think I've got this great new song and
You know and I was raving on about it, and she said well, what's it called?
and I said it's called I want to know what love is and
She looked at me and said what do you mean?
It took a little while to figure out it would then became a more of a universal song and it was all about you know
world peace and love and everything and
it's brought a lot of
joy to a lot of people a lot of people around the world and
It's been used in tender moments for families have grieved with it
they've married with it you know and and and I'm just
so grateful for the way it did that and it's and
It's very special experience for me, so
Here's a little version of it slightly different, but I think you get it
[Ebm]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Bbm] Gonna take a little [Gb] time a [B] little time to think things over
[Ebm]
Better read between the [Gb] line in case I [Ebm] need it when I'm older
[Db]
[Ebm]
This mountain I'm [Gb] flying
[B] It's like a [Ebm] world upon my shoulder
[Eb]
[Ebm] Through [Eb] the crowds I [Gb] see the shine keep me [Ebm] warm it's like no colder
[Gb]
[Eb] In my life, there's been heartache [Abm] and pain
I don't [Db] know if I can [Abm] face it again
Can't stop now I've traveled so far
to [Abm] change this lonely life
[Ab] [Gb]
Wanna know what [Db] love is
[Abm]
Want you [Db] to show me
[Gb] I wanna feel what love [Db] is
[Abm]
Know you can [Db] show me
[Ebm]
Gotta take a little [Gb] time a little time to look [Ebm] around me
I've [Eb] got nowhere [Gb] left to hide
Looks like [Ebm] love's finally found me
[Gb]
[Eb] There's been heartache and [Ab] pain
I don't know [Db] if I can [Abm] face it again
Can't stop now I've traveled so [B] far
[Gb] To change this [Ab] lonely life
[Gb]
Wanna know what [Db] love is
[Abm]
Want you [Db] to show me
[Gb]
Wanna feel what [Db] love is
[Abm]
Know you [Db] can show me
I [Gb] wanna feel I wanna know what [Db] love is
I [Abm] wanna know
Want you to [Db] show me
Yeah, [Gb]
I [Ebm] wanna feel what love [Db] is
Know [Abm]
you can [Db] show me
[Ebm]
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Ebm
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Abm
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Eb
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Gb
134211112
Db
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Ebm
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You know when you when you think about you go back and think about where you were what time of day it was was it?
Three in the morning or four in the afternoon
you know you get a you get a lot of
memories that come back, but I
remember I wrote it for my then girlfriend.
I was living in London for a while and and
_ I wrote the you know the title and just a few beginning chords and I ran into the bedroom and
woke her up and so I've just got I think I've got this great new song and
_ You know and I was raving on about it, and she said well, what's it called?
and I said it's called I want to know what love is and
She looked at me and said what do you mean? _ _ _
_ _ It took a little while to figure out it would then became a more of a universal song and it was all about you know
world peace and love and everything and
it's brought a lot of
_ joy to a lot of people a lot of people around the world and
It's been used in tender moments for families have grieved with it
they've married with it you know and and and I'm just
so grateful for the way it did that and it's and
It's very special experience for me, so
Here's a little version of it slightly different, but I think you get it
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ Gonna take a little [Gb] time a [B] little time to think things over
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
Better read between the [Gb] line in case I [Ebm] need it when I'm older
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ This mountain I'm [Gb] flying
_ _ [B] It's like a [Ebm] world upon my shoulder
[Eb] _
[Ebm] Through [Eb] the crowds I [Gb] see the shine _ keep me [Ebm] warm it's like no colder
_ _ [Gb]
[Eb] In my life, _ there's been heartache [Abm] and pain
I don't [Db] know if I can [Abm] face it again
Can't stop now I've traveled so far
to [Abm] change this lonely life
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _
Wanna know what [Db] love is
_ _ [Abm] _
_ Want you [Db] to show me
_ [Gb] I wanna feel what love [Db] _ is
_ [Abm] _
_ Know you can [Db] show _ _ me
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Gotta take a little [Gb] time a _ little time to look [Ebm] around me _
_ I've [Eb] got nowhere [Gb] left to hide _
Looks like [Ebm] love's finally found me
_ _ [Gb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ There's been heartache and [Ab] pain
I don't know [Db] if I can [Abm] face it again
Can't stop now I've traveled so [B] far
[Gb] To change this [Ab] lonely life
_ _ [Gb] _
Wanna know what [Db] love is
_ _ [Abm] _
_ Want you [Db] to show me
_ [Gb] _
Wanna feel what [Db] love is
_ _ _ [Abm] _
_ Know you [Db] can show me
I [Gb] wanna feel I wanna know what [Db] love is
_ I [Abm] wanna know
Want you to [Db] show me
Yeah, _ _ [Gb]
I [Ebm] wanna feel what love [Db] is
_ Know [Abm] _
_ you can [Db] show me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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